A child died Monday afternoon after drowning at a home in Bannockburn.
The Bannockburn Police Department said at around 2 p.m., police officers and paramedics with the Deerfield-Bannockburn Fire Department were sent to a home in the 1900 block of Illinois Route 22 for reports of a drowning.’
Authorities arrived at the home and quickly began trying to resuscitate a child. Paramedics then took the child to Highland Park Hospital where resuscitative efforts continued, but the child was ultimately pronounced dead in the emergency department, according to authorities.
Teaching your kids to swim is one of the most rewarding experiences you can share with them, and what better place to do so than in the comfort of your own fibreglass pool? Fibreglass pools are not only durable and easy to maintain, but their smooth surfaces and consistent water temperature can make the learning process much more enjoyable. Whether your child is just starting or you’re helping them refine their strokes, teaching them to swim in a fibreglass pool provides the perfect environment for success.
It can be a daunting task for anyone in sports to attempt to compete against the very best in the world without any professional training or the resources and facilities that can put you at that level.
But that did not stop Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira, an Olympic swimmer who represented Rwanda in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Olympic Games, proudly bearing Rwanda’s flag at the 2008 games in China.
Looking back, it was a major feat for the now 40-year-old mother of four, who never had formal swimming lessons or a regular coach, but went on to compete in major international events, driven by sheer determination and passion.
The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi left the sports industry, like many other sectors, depleted and underdeveloped.
With the country looking to rebuild, giving priority to key sectors and certain sports like football, which united people, several other areas were left behind due to limited resources, and one of them was swimming. However, the lack of resources or facilities did not deter Girimbabazi, who was determined to represent the country in the discipline, relying on the internet, which was also limited at the time, to teach herself the rules of the sport.
Girimbabazi, who is arguably Rwanda’s most renowned swimmer, borrowed a swimming book from fellow Rwandan swimmer Jackson Niyomugabo and learned to swim in shallow swimming pools at hotels. While her track record cannot be judged based on the medals she could have won in the various competitions she participated in, it was her sheer determination and courage to put herself on the global stage that impressed the sports world.
Going to state championships is the goal for all coaches and athletes, with some never getting the chance to go to the big game. For one East Texas athlete, state championships have become a routine for him each year, but he is still chasing the big win.
Summer McIntosh just UNLEASHED one of the fastest swims EVER in the women’s 800 freestyle at the 2025 Southern Zone South Sectional Championships
Here McIntosh ripped a new personal best of 8:09.86 to become the first woman OTHER than Katie Ledecky to break 8:10 in the event.
McIntosh’s old personal best of 8:11.39 ALREADY made her the second fastest performer in history so this time drop doesn’t improve her standing there, however this swim is now the 10th fastest PERFORMANCE ever, moving her into the top 10 for the first time.
A Central Florida dad has been arrested in the 2024 drowning death of his infant daughter.
On April 21, 2024, Joshua Ruiz-Martinez is accused of leaving his daughter alone in a bathtub while he played video games, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
She was later found face-down and unresponsive in the bathtub.
Ruiz-Martinez, 32, told first responders he had put the infant in the tub with water up to her stomach while he went to get a bottle because she was fussy, according to the arrest report.
But investigators were able to access the computer game Ruiz-Martinez had been playing that day, and it showed he was actively playing the game while the infant was in the tub.
It was unthinkable 30 years ago that a Union, South Carolina, woman could strap her 3-year-old and 14-month-old sons into their car seats and watch as the car slowly sank into John D. Long Lake.
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